AGH.....

So we were all set to start trying to wean Ari and get him to sleep in his own bed... and then what do you know he got sick - Ari is my healthy baby (not that I have any other babies to compare him to, But I pride myself with how fortunate we are that he has been so healthy- no ear infections, diaper rashes, food allergies, teething trouble, etc)
Aside from a few pretty minor sniffels and fevers Ari has been so healthy - he even sailed through his surgery and post op like a champ

ARI IS SICK
I might be overreacting because like I said - "we have an extremely healthy baby" I don't know how to take care of sick babies, or diaper rash.... etc

ARI IS SICK
It all started last Saturday, Ari started getting a runny nose..." could be teething, or allergies" we said to each other
Sunday he was horrible - snot nose, couldn't put him down, crying all the time, it was like someone had switched my baby the night before and I was now dealing with an entirely different person.... odd I tell you
Monday morning I woke up to hear my baby coughing - I immediately sat him up and started to tap his back - Ari thanked me by puking all over our bed
THANK GOODNESS THE PEDIATRICIAN DOES NOT TAKE MLK Jr. DAY OFF..

So we ran him over to the DR and got a perscription for ammoxacillian (sp?)
great I thought ten days, two doses a day - and we will be done with this -
OH except Ari won't take the medicine (he is so good with tylenol and such)
I tried every hold, position and trick in the book, blew in his mouth, plugged his nose - EVERYTHING
finally we asked a pharmacist if I could put the medicine in some yogurt - and that seems to be working although to make sure Ari actually gets all the medicine I now have to administer it to him 6 times a day (smaller doses)

BUT WAIT IT GETS BETTER

Ari has a diaper rash - and again - we have no experience in diaper rash so we really have no idea what we are doing - but we have tried it all - Balmex, cornstarch, vaseline, babypowder....
My baby screams at me every time I reach for the diapers- he pushes away from me so hard when I lay him down for a change .... he is in such pain and it is killing me
right now we are using Balmex after each diaper change, using a warm bowl of water and a cloth instead of wipes and letting Ari have an hour or two a day of diaper free time - which was so much easier when he was NOT mobile .... now its just real messy

OH WAIT THERE IS MORE

I am not sure if this is part of Ari being sick or a result of the medication BUT Ari seems to have diareha - which makes a diaper rash that much better I am sure... I am not really sure its actually diarreha since because Ari is sick he won't eat any thing (other then the small amount of yogurt I basically force down) so he is on a pretty much strickly breastfed diet AGAIN - (so much for weaning) so his poop is pretty much exactly what it was when he was a strictly breastfed baby ... We are making sure he is drinking alot to keep him hydrated

so who knows what is going on with our little boy - the ammoxicillian says its side effects could be diarehha and diaper rash so that might be our villian or they could be unrelated - what ever it is we have a really really unhappy little guy


OH I FORGOT IT IS EVEN BETTER THEN THAT
*** Ryan also has a bad sinus infection - so he is out of commission - and today I have had the worst upset stomach .... priceless